Chapter 267 Once I make this call, you won’t have any room for regret!
Then the room fell into a brief silence, with the only sound in the room being the friction of the pen against the paper.
a long time.
The old man put down the pen in his hand, closed the document, placed it on the table, then stood up and walked towards the sofa where Su Wenchen was sitting.
Seeing this, Su Wenchen also stood up, and the old man pressed his hand.
"Sit! Sit! Sit!"
As he spoke, he walked to a seat beside Su Wenchen's sofa.
"I called you here this time because, firstly, I wanted to hear your opinions on the management of the Yellow River floodplain, and secondly, I wanted you to take this opportunity to get to know your colleagues in the agricultural system."
"After all, our agricultural development can't be done in isolation. Only when regions and farms exchange cultivated species and learn advanced technologies from each other can we make common progress!"
"I saw that you planned to start by breeding meat rabbits at your branch farm. That's a good direction!"
"Pork is in short supply nationwide right now. Using saline-alkali land that's currently unable to produce grain to raise rabbits for meat can help alleviate the local meat supply."
"Besides, your farm has done extensive research on rabbits. I have great confidence in your farm."
"So, in my opinion, you should focus your efforts on rabbits for meat, and it would be best if you could breed rabbits with more fat."
"As for the subsequent pigs and cows, we can talk about them later!"
For the old man, the main purpose of calling Su Wenchen over this time was actually to hope that the other party could concentrate on breeding meat rabbits at this stage.
After all, looking at the entire farm system, he found that only Blue Water Farm had done the most in-depth research on rabbits and achieved results.
At this time, he actually didn't want Su Wenchen to deal with live pigs, dairy cattle, and the like.
Because from a very early stage, the ministry has arranged some farms to be responsible for introducing and breeding high-quality pigs and various cattle breeds.
But as the leader of the agricultural system, he knew too well how quickly this kind of thing would produce results.
It is impossible to see results in a year or two.
Because from the very beginning their department has invested a lot of resources to introduce many high-quality foreign varieties, but what they have cultivated so far can only barely survive normally in the experimental field.
If the environment is slightly bad, they will die immediately.
There is still a long way to go before we can achieve the actual standards that can be achieved through promotion.
However, when Su Wenchen heard this, he scratched his head.
"That leader, I understand. After we return, our farm will definitely continue to invest in the breeding of meat rabbits."
“But about the hogs.”
Before Su Wenchen finished speaking, the old man stretched out his hand to interrupt him.
"Xiao Su, I understand your farm's urgency to help the country solve its problems. I'm anxious too, and even most of our comrades in the agricultural system are anxious too."
"But rushing won't solve the problem, right?"
"The problem now is that people across the country are in dire need of meat. I can tell you that this year our ministry sent people to survey most regions and cities, and they found that the average annual pork supply for our people is only 14 kilograms."
"That's an average of about one kilogram per month, but this only applies to the meat supply in major cities and county towns."
"Since the rural population did not have a monthly meat ration, they could not be included in the statistics, and the communes and production teams below them were not included."
"If that is taken into account, I believe the number will be at least halved, or even more."
"You are also from a rural area. I believe you are well aware of the meat supply problem in rural areas."
"Thanks to the opportunity brought by your Yuehua rabbits this year, many countries have seen our attitude, and we have also established communication channels with many countries. Although we haven't established diplomatic relations, some countries are willing to try to contact us through the communication channel of Yuehua rabbit exports."
"To be honest, this channel itself is actually more valuable than the export volume of Yuehua Rabbit."
"We have already negotiated with several countries and are planning to introduce ten large-scale fertilizer production lines at once."
"So the ministry isn't too worried about increasing grain production later on. However, meat supply is different from grain. We can produce our own fertilizers if we import them."
"But if we don't localize and cultivate excellent livestock breeds from abroad, there's no way they can be promoted."
"This is a long-term project, so we can't just wait. That's why I hope you will focus on meat rabbit breeds."
"Your farm has a lot of successful experience in rabbit breeding and has achieved great results. This is why I place my hopes mainly on your Blue Water Farm."
"How about it? Are you willing to take on this difficult task?"
For the old man, given that meat is in short supply across the country, he thinks that having Blue Water Farm invest as much as possible in rabbit breeding is also an effective way to alleviate some of the pressure on meat supply.
Of course, the main reason is that rabbits reproduce quickly, so their breeding cycle is obviously much shorter than that of pigs and cattle.
After all, it only takes four or five months for a rabbit to become pregnant again from birth.
Unlike black pigs, which take a year to grow, plus a gestation period of three or four months, basically one litter takes half a year. For cows, the time is even longer, and it takes nearly two years just to grow.
In addition, rabbits mainly eat grass, leaves, soybean meal and the like and do not need to compete with humans for food. Therefore, the old man believes that when other livestock cannot be advanced quickly, meat rabbits are a very suitable breed to help alleviate the tight supply of meat.
Su Wenchen scratched his head.
"Leader, our farm is definitely willing to take on the task of breeding meat rabbits, but I want to say that we have made great progress in breeding white pigs."
"In fact, we started breeding white pigs a long time ago."
"The reason I'm saying this now is because the third generation of white pigs, currently bred through crossbreeding, is now confirmed to be genetically stable. The third generation of piglets, now over a hundred days old, are averaging over 120 kilograms."
"The heaviest of them weighed over 160 kilograms at 107 days old."
After Su Wenchen finished speaking, the room fell into a brief silence.
The old man looked at Su Wenchen with a slightly frown.
"Do you know what you're talking about?"
"Xiao Su, if you're just trying to get credit for me verbally this time, I'll be very disappointed!"
Seeing this, Su Wenchen immediately said very seriously.
"I use my party spirit to guarantee that every word I say is true. There is absolutely no falsehood!"
"And the pigs are all well-fed on our farm!"
"The Ministry can come and check it out anytime!"
"After all, these are pigs that are around 100 days old, and have been raised for over half a year. It's not like the department can't find out!"
Looking at Su Wenchen's confident look.
A glimmer of hope rose in the old man's heart. After all, he must have been very confident to say that at this time.
So he said directly.
"In that case, why didn't you inform the Ministry earlier?"
Su Wenchen shook his head, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
"Leader, think about what happened just now. Can you believe me if I tell you in advance?"
"If I hadn't been sure of this, how could I dare to brag so easily? You might get so upset that you'd banish me somewhere else!
Hearing this, the old man was a little embarrassed, but he still said it.
"Then you should have given some warning in advance!"
"For example, if there's a breakthrough or something like that, it will give me some mental preparation!"
Su Wenchen said helplessly.
"Leader, I told you this in advance!"
"When I wrote to you, I specifically mentioned our farm's development plan and revealed that our six-month-old pigs are nearing maturity."
"You don't believe this, and you even wrote me a letter asking me to be less arrogant and impatient. What can I do?"
"I can only wait until it's completely confirmed before I dare to come to you to report!"
Hearing this, the old man was so embarrassed that he couldn't sit still, because he had never considered the possibility that what the other party said might be true.
I could only mumble.
"I thought you were trying to take credit for it!"
"Besides, if you write a few more letters carefully, I will believe it!"
After all, the ministry has arranged many experimental stations and farms to cultivate the product for ten years without success, but you succeeded in just two or three years. How can he dare to believe this?
However, when he thought about the fact that pigs that could be slaughtered in six months were actually bred, the old man stood up and paced back and forth in the room.
He walked to the table and was about to pick up the phone, but hesitated for a moment. Finally, he put his hand on the phone and looked up at Su Wenchen.
"Are you sure what you said is true? Once I make this call, there will be no room for regret."
For an old man, if he just wants to take credit, he can pretend not to hear it when the matter only comes to him, and it will not cause a very bad impact.
At most, it would just lower his own evaluation of Su Wenchen.
However, after he made this call, he summoned all the department heads in the ministry. If it was finally confirmed that it was fraud, the seriousness of the matter would be different.
He will have to deal with it seriously when the time comes, because this kind of atmosphere must not be allowed to develop freely.
Su Wenchen naturally understood the meaning of the other party's words and made a direct promise.
"Don't worry, leader. Our Blue Water Farm can definitely withstand any inspection by the Ministry. If I lie, you can punish me directly."
"And I brought all the information on white pig breeding this time. I can withstand any test."
Seeing Su Wenchen so confident, the old man also took a deep breath.
"Okay, if it's true, I'll personally report your achievement to the hospital once this is over!"
After saying that, he picked up the phone.
"Notify the main leaders of the Agriculture Bureau, the Reclamation Bureau, the Animal Husbandry Bureau, and the Animal Husbandry Improvement Station, as well as the main researchers at the Animal Husbandry Research Institute of the Academy of Agricultural Sciences, to immediately put down their work and gather in Conference Room 1 for a meeting in one hour."
After putting down the phone.
"Let's go! Xiao Su, take your information with you. I hope you can stand up to the inspection of the department."
"They are not as easy to fool as I am, but it's too late for you to regret it now."
Su Wenchen stood up straight and made a promise.
"Leader, we are truly gold that fears no fire. Even a field test would show no problems."
"But my documents are all in the guesthouse. I came here to apply for a conference attendance certificate, so I didn't bring it with me!"
The old man waved his hand.
"Hurry back and get it!"
After thinking about it, he shouted directly to the outside.
"Xiao Lin! Xiao Lin! Call the security team and send a few people to the guesthouse with Xiao Su to get some information."
At the entrance of the guesthouse.
After getting out of the car, Su Wenchen looked at the two security guards who were following him closely, one on each side.
I feel a bit helpless because I’m afraid he will run away after bragging!
Of course, it could also be because they are afraid of something unexpected happening.
No matter what, Su Wenchen is not afraid because they really did it.
It's not just bragging.
Conference Room 1.
When Su Wenchen pushed open the heavy mahogany door, there were already several people sitting inside.
There was a very long conference table, and the old man was sitting at the top.
Several people below were a little confused.
Since the National Agricultural Reclamation Work Promotion Conference will be held tomorrow, what are we doing today?
What puzzled most people the most was that usually the leaders would come on time, but today they came half an hour early and were waiting.
This usually only happens in extremely urgent matters.
After seeing Su Wenchen push the door open, many people were even more confused.
Which one is this?
Obviously, most people were completely confused by Su Wenchen, a stranger.
However, since the leader was already sitting there, the people below couldn't even whisper to each other and could only communicate with each other through eye contact.
Su Wenchen looked at everyone looking at him with curious eyes.
He smiled and nodded in greeting, then prepared to find a seat in the back.
At this moment, the old man who had been sitting in the middle spoke directly.
He also pointed to the top left side, a position specially reserved.
"Xiao Su, you are the protagonist today, you sit here."
As soon as these words were spoken, the others became even more confused.
This young man?
main character?
No one could figure out what the leader was keeping in suspense.
After Su Wenchen sat down, he saw that everyone below was looking at him with curiosity.
I felt helpless all of a sudden.
Because anyone would feel very embarrassed if they were faced with a bunch of curious baby-like eyes and just stared at them.
Fortunately, he didn't have to wait too long.
Since the Academy of Agricultural Sciences is right next to the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, all participants arrived within an hour.
After the conference staff filled water in everyone's teacups.
“Crack!”
The entire mahogany door was closed directly.
The old man also opened his eyes.
"I've called everyone here for an emergency meeting to discuss Blue Water Farm's plan to breed pigs that can be marketed within six months."
When these words were spoken, many people below were stunned.
The next moment.
In an instant, everyone's eyes were directed at Su Wenchen.
Due to the fame of Yuehua Rabbit, many people know about Blue Water Farm, but most people certainly don’t know or have seen the leaders of Blue Water Farm.
No one who came to the meeting was a fool. Although they didn't know each other, the person sitting in this position must be from Blue Water Farm.
So after seeing how young Su Wenchen was, the surprise was actually no less than that of a pig that was raised and slaughtered in six months.
People from the Agriculture Bureau, Reclamation Bureau and Animal Husbandry Bureau can still sit still because this is a good thing for them.
No matter which unit cultivates it, as long as it comes out, it is definitely a good thing.
So after hearing what the old man said, the researcher from the Animal Husbandry Research Institute under the Academy of Agricultural Sciences spoke directly.
"That's impossible. Based on the current progress of our institute, we can only achieve stable localization through generations of selective breeding and continuous trial and error."
"We've checked with other breeding pig farms, and none are progressing faster than ours. We estimate that it will take at least five to six generations of continuous crossbreeding and selection before this white pig can be fully domesticated."
"It takes a long time to accumulate experience and finally find the optimal solution through continuous breeding and hybridization."
"Leader, I wonder if the white pigs bred at Blue Water Farm can consistently produce offspring that are well-adapted to the environment?"
"If only a single pig adapts, its offspring will simply degenerate into the original breed, and this success will be meaningless."
"After all, a single pig can't solve any problems."
The old man waved his hand.
"Please confirm the specific data with Director Su of Blue Water Farm. I called you here to verify whether this type of pig is suitable for large-scale promotion."
Then he nodded to Su Wenchen.
Looking at the eyes below, Su Wenchen took a deep breath, stood up and spoke calmly.
"Dear leaders and experts, our Blue Water Farm has not only bred the Yuehua rabbit this year, but we have also made some breakthroughs in breeding white pigs."
"We have carefully verified that the average weight of our third-generation hybrid pigs at 100 days old can reach over 120 kilograms. The heaviest pigs have even grown to over 160 kilograms at 107 days old."
As soon as these words were spoken, there was a murmur of discussion from the audience, and a researcher from the Academy of Agricultural Sciences interrupted with a frown.
"Director Su, may I ask what kind of white pigs are these white pigs bred from? They grow so fast! They're almost reaching the level of the original breeds grown abroad."
"As far as I know, your farm's name isn't mentioned at all in the Ministry's report on the introduction and subsequent placement of white pigs in breeding farms."
Su Wenchen nodded.
"We don't import pigs directly from abroad. The white pigs on our farm are imported from Qianjin Farm in Shanghai. As far as I know, they also imported them from the Hangzhou Pig Breeding Experimental Farm."
"So the first generation of white pigs we bred should be the offspring of Hangzhou Taihu pigs and white pigs imported from abroad."
Hearing this, a leader of the Animal Husbandry Improvement Station sitting on the other side touched his chin.
As a national animal husbandry improvement station under the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, they are in charge of all livestock breeding farms in the country. All livestock imported from abroad are allocated by their unit, so he naturally knows where most of them go.
So he said it directly.
"Hangzhou Breeding Pig Experimental Farm? That should be the batch introduced in 1964."
"At the time, a breed of pig called the Landrace pig was introduced from Denmark and used to crossbreed with the local Taihu pig. The purpose was to improve the growth rate and lean meat content of the local pig breed."
"We also allocated a portion to Jinhua, Zhejiang Province, to improve the Jinhua pigs there, and it seems to be working well."
Then he said to his colleagues around him.
"Old Yu, I thought it was the right decision to introduce those Landrace pigs! Look, the first breakthrough was right here."
For their Animal Husbandry Improvement Station, as long as there is a breakthrough, they must be the first to speak out. In this way, no matter what, they will have a share of the hard work, after all, it was they who were in charge of the introduction.
However, the leader of the Agricultural Bureau nearby rolled his eyes.
"Don't be so anxious to take credit for it. We haven't figured out the exact situation yet! Just think about taking the credit first."
Then he asked Su Wenchen.
"Director Su, to be honest, the white pigs imported from abroad come from our Agricultural Bureau, Animal Husbandry Bureau, and a large number of farms under your Land Reclamation Bureau."
“Most units have tried various things.”
"We've been trying for ten years without any success. How many years have you been doing this on your farm? A hundred-day-old weighing 160 kilograms? Can you really guarantee this?"
When Su Wenchen heard this, he calmly opened his briefcase and took out the documents inside.
"Dear leaders, I understand your concerns. We also had doubts at the beginning, so we repeatedly verified the genetic stability of the three generations of pig breeds."
"Until the third generation, all the piglets produced, except those that died at the beginning, as long as they survived, all inherited the ability to grow quickly without exception."
"Only in this way can we dare to announce the news. Otherwise, I wouldn't dare to say this to everyone!"
Seeing that Su Wenchen was so cautious and spoke so confidently, the Academy of Agricultural Sciences originally thought that the matter was unreliable, and now the Animal Husbandry Research Institute of the Academy of Agricultural Sciences is also unsure.
After all, as a subordinate department of the National Academy of Sciences, they are well aware that there are such things as geniuses in this world.
So I asked directly.
"What is the stability of the specific genes? What is the mortality rate of piglets? What about illness? Can it be promoted on a large scale?"
Su Wenchen took out the information and handed a copy directly to the other party.
"The mortality rate is currently very low, only around 5%. A large portion of the deaths are caused by the sows themselves biting themselves. As for illnesses, they are mainly concentrated intestinal diseases such as diarrhea and constipation."
When they saw the information Su Wenchen handed over, several people immediately stood up and wanted to take it, but they were intercepted by the leader of the Animal Husbandry Research Institute in the front.
The other party said as he looked at it.
"According to your records, sows often actively eliminate weak piglets. It seems that there is indeed a part of Taihu pig bloodline. Taihu pigs have always had the habit of actively eliminating weak offspring."
Then the other party frowned.
"From what I've seen in the data, the main problems are intestinal diseases. This is clearly a problem with the feed. Have you ever considered switching to a better feed?"
Apparently, after this person had roughly read the data recorded by Blue Water Farm, he felt that this was most likely not just a random boast and there must be some breakthrough.
Because it is impossible to make up such rigorous data information by just randomly shouting. Only those who have really raised white pigs and made breakthroughs can record very detailed data on this kind of white pigs.
When Su Wenchen heard the man's question about the feed issue, he shook his head.
"Our farm certainly has the conditions to feed good feed, but for this batch of pigs, only a small part of us use concentrated feed, and for the rest we mainly simulate the feeding environment of a normal production team."
"Because most production teams don't have the capacity to feed coarse grains like cornmeal, a large number can only use a mixture of wheat bran or rice bran, straw, and wild pig grass."
"If we simply feed high-quality cornmeal and soybean meal as the main ingredients, it will not make much sense for promotion."
(End of this chapter)
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